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2576. This Grace In Which We Stand by Dr. Gene E. Bartlett

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... enriched because I met a man. There came a day when I lost my faith, determined to leave theological school because I didn’t know what I believed, or whether. But I met a man. "Remember," he said, "all you have to have is a few stones and a sling. Stay there until you find them." And if the ministry has been a life calling it was because I met a man, my father first, and a friend later. And in all the years since, in grief, in depression, in weariness, in life that lost any joy, I met a man ...

2577. To Be Perfectly One

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... of the congregation. There had been no resident minister for some time. Of course I said yes, and we made arrangements for the community-wide evening service. It was late in the day when my wife and I walked back to the mission house where we were staying, a mile or so away. The road twisted and turned tortuously and the mud was becoming slippery and slushy. We were soaked when we arrived. Darkness fell quickly and the rain increased as we ate our meal. The missionary nurse who had driven us in said, with ...

2578. Swept Up Together

Luke 11:14-28

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... sweeper or against Jesus. I am sure you know some people like that who do not want anything at all to do with Jesus. Of course, Jesus never gives up on them and he will come back to them every time and give them another chance, but they just keep staying away. Look at that gum wrapper. It reminds me of Pete. Watch what Jesus is going to do with Pete. He didn’t get him the first time, but watch when Jesus tries again. You guessed it, Jesus did not miss Pete the second time. That is also the way ...

2579. Harmony

John 10:1-21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the piano for us. Let’s all listen to this master of the piano play so that we can enjoy the good music. [Let your piano player play a short song that the children will recognize.] Wasn’t that good? I thought so, too. We want our piano player to stay with us because we hope she will help us learn something about the way we belong to Jesus. As you know, there are a lot of different notes on the piano and they each have a name. I am going to ask our pianist to play a note with the ...

2580. Beware of Dog

John 15:18--16:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... yards. [Hold up your sign, "BEWARE OF DOG."] When you see this sign it means something. What do you think the sign means to a stranger? [Let them answer.] That’s right. When you read that sign and you do not know the people or the dog, you had better stay out of the yard. It also means that the dog may bite anyone it doesn’t know. That is a warning. Jesus gave some warnings to his disciples that they remembered and wrote down. These were warnings about what was going to happen to them after he went back ...

2581. Tee-Shirts for Sinners

Luke 15:1-7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... were able to find room on a lifeboat except this one man. lt would have meant certain death to all of the people in one lifeboat if he joined them since the boat could only hold so many safely. This one brave man decided all by himself that he would stay behind and take his chances with the sea. [Hold up the stick with the shirt.] Long after the other people had been picked up by another ship this man floated on the sea holding to a piece of wreckage of the ship. In an ocean so large he looked like ...

2582. Is Jesus a Road Map?

Mark 8:1-13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A map. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have had a vacation this summer, or are going to take a vacation somewhere away from home? Do you like to visit an uncle or aunt, or go to a ballgame and stay overnight in some town a long way off? [Take out your map.] Here we are on the map, or at least here is the town that we live in, and we can see a number of other towns that some of you have visited. [Name a number of towns that ...

2583. The Key to Life

John 8:31-41

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... are free. No matter what else happens to someone he is free when he knows Jesus and his truth. You can be in prison, but if you know what Jesus teaches and believe it, then your mind is free and you have freedom. You can be hurt and made to stay in a hospital room with bandages and casts, but if you know what Jesus teaches and believe in Jesus, you are free. One of the very best gifts that Jesus gives is the truth and the courage to use the truth. When you have the truth you have the key ...

2584. The Win-Win Philosophy of Life

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... arising, you evaluate your discomfort and try to assess whether or not it is worth getting into a conflict with the other person. As I have stated, life is full of mistakes and disagreements. We cannot make a conflict out of all of them and stay healthy. Some things are just not worth a conflict. 2. If possible, change the environment to relieve the conflict without getting involved with the other person. 3. If you must get involved with the other person, make what is called an "I" statement. In fact ...

2585. For Losers And Cowards

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... family is the poorest of the tribe and I’m the weakest and least in the family." "But," the Lord said, "I will be with you!" (That’s probably the best news Gideon has heard in something like seven years). And Gideon said: "Oh, yeah, prove it." "But first, stay here and I’ll go get you something to eat." (At least he didn’t forget his manners altogether.) And he went home and fixed a meal for his visitor: roast young goat (Yuk!), broth, and bread. He gave it to the angel, still sitting under the oak ...

2586. An Invitation to a Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... discomfort. Nevertheless, we do have an invitation from Christ to his feast. Mrs. Jones was reading a letter at breakfast. Suddenly she looked up suspiciously at her husband. "Henry, I’ve just received a letter from Mother saying she isn’t accepting our invitation to come and stay, as we do not appear to want her. I told you to write and tell her she was to come at her own convenience. You did write, didn’t you?" "Er, - yes - I did," said the husband, "but I couldn’t spell convenience so I made it ...

2587. Embalmed Alive

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... ? How does the world tell us to live? Adjust to society; Conform to the pattern; Live an average life; Don’t stick your neck out or go off the deep end for anything; Don’t be too fanatical about any conviction; Fit yourself into a little groove and stay there and be safe; Live a reasonably moral life, at least as good as the average person; Get an average job, and work the average number of hours, at the average amount of effort, at least as hard as the average person; Be decent to your neighbors; Pay ...

2588. Mighty Faith

Matthew 17:14-23

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... . Her father made a speech at the celebration, and among other things he said this: "Some of you may wonder what has held us together all these years. Well, it is one of the greatest forces of nature - the force called inertia."5 No doubt some couples do stay together because of inertia - they never get up the energy or the nerve to sever their relationship. But inertia is not what moves mountains. It takes activity to do that. Robert Frost tells of a New England aunt of his who used to talk long and loud ...

2589. Cheering Stones

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... his or her life, and has committed himself or herself to him. Commitment involves belief. The one who is committed to Christ believes in him, has confidence in him, trusts in him. The committed person is also available for use by Christ, ready to go or stay, speak or keep silent, work or wait, depending upon which Christ wants him or her to do. This means that one is allied with him, has pledged allegiance to him, and no longer thinks of oneself as being independent of or completely separate from him. That ...

2590. EPISODE 5: THE FIFTH WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... you will find it. JUDAS: I’m not waiting any longer. I’ll find my own life. [He exits.] THOMAS: Judas! JESUS: Let him go. Another spirit is in him. Are you also going to leave me? PETER: Lord, where can we go? We don’t understand, but we’ll stay with you. JESUS: Oh, good Peter. You are both my burden and my support. How badly Satan wants you. But I have prayed for you that your faith doesn’t fail. JOHN: We’ll all go with you, Lord. THOMAS: Anywhere you say. JESUS: To the park, then. My time ...

2591. EPISODE 8: GOOD FRIDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... . WIFE: That’s all it is ... endurance. GOVERNOR: I’ll do what I can for him. But if the pressure is on ... you’ll understand? WIFE: I’ll understand. GOVERNOR: You’d better go. WIFE: Yes. GOVERNOR: Try to forget it. WIFE: It will stay in my dreams. I’ll see him ... and I’ll see the little girl, whom I can never be ... [She exits.] GOVERNOR: Captain! CAPTAIN: [Entering] Here, sir. GOVERNOR: Is the prisoner...? CAPTAIN: Right outside, sir. GOVERNOR: Bring him in. CAPTAIN: [Turning out] This way ...

2592. EPISODE 9: EASTER SUNDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... I can find him. JESUS: You won’t have to look for him. MARY MAGDALENE: What did you say? JESUS: Don’t you know me, Mary Magdalene? MARY MAGDALENE: [Turning] Lord! Lord, you’ve come back to us! JESUS: I said I would. MARY MAGDALENE: You’ll be staying with us? JESUS: Only for a while. I must return to my Father, and to your Father, to my God and your God. [PETER, JOHN, MARY and MARTHA enter.] JOHN: It’s the Lord! MARY: He’s alive! JESUS: Mary, Martha, Peter, John! Of course I’m alive! PETER ...

2593. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... but I don’t believe it," or "I think I’ll see how fast it will run." I want to add another one: "I’m all set." I’m all fixed; I have things arranged just the way I want them. Well, things have a way of not staying put. There is this about our life situations: things change. Comfort, and then sudden pain. As is suggested in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, "When people say, ‘There is peace and security’ then sudden destruction will come." We can tuck life’s components neatly into pigeonholes, and the next ...

2594. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... right places, he’ll be in every step you take, and although you may falter, he will not. When you fall, he will be there to pick you up again. When you are weary, he will be strong. And when you must stop for sleeping, you can trust him to stay awake and to be there to take your hand again when the morning light calls you to go on. Let me tell you now about a third aspect of our living in the light. We may - and should - live in the light of what we may become. Read again the ...

2595. Name Above Every Name

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... do to the apostles? "They called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus" (Acts 4:15-18). Here is where they drew the line; it was the name which was the issue. Those judges didn’t tell Peter and John to stay off the streets. They didn’t tell them they couldn’t teach or speak at all. But they did tell them not to do anything in the name of Jesus. It was this they feared; it was by this they were threatened. On another occasion, Peter, speaking to Cornelius at ...

2596. Something That Will Last Forever

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , what do you want?" She thought for a moment and then said, "Bring me something that will last forever." Even at the tender age of three, she knew that many things are nice for a little while, but their appeal doesn't last. She wanted something with staying power. Don't we all? Jesus' words in our scripture for today are about investments, good ones and bad ones. He warns against earthly possessions that neither satisfy nor last. His advice to us is to stash our treasures in heaven. My question to us today ...

2597. Please Pass The Salt

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... feel sorry for yourself. Instead say, "Hot dog, I've got the exclusive salt franchise in my office. Jesus has trusted me to represent him to all these lost folks. What a privilege! I'm going to pass the salt." The tragedy is that so often we stay in our little Christian enclaves and never mix it up with those dear non-believers whom Jesus loves so much. My friend Bill Hinson says that we practice "frog evangelism." That is, we sit in our churches waiting for someone to come within our range. Statistics show ...

2598. The Level Ground Beneath The Cross

Romans 3:21-31, Romans 3:9-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... closed, let's listen as a soloist sings that beloved song. During these holy moments, let's transact high and holy business with God. I invite you to whisper this message to God: Here I am, Lord, standing at the foot of the Cross. I'm not good enough to stay away, and thanks to your grace, I'm not too bad to come. I trust you as Savior and will follow you as Lord.

2599. Our Unmanageable God (The Second Commandment)

Exodus 20:1-21, Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... boy, his brother had pneumonia. This was before the time of antibiotics; pneumonia was terribly dangerous. The boy got continually worse. One evening the doctor came and examined him. Noting his weakened condition, the doctor said to the worried parents, "I'm going to stay here for a while. Just get me some coffee." As Mrs. DuBose hurried off to the kitchen, Mr. DuBose very quietly slipped out of the house. Bob followed him, though Mr. DuBose did not know it. That distraught father went out behind the barn ...

2600. Wimps Become Warriors

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . One of my favorites comes out of a rural area near Cairo, Georgia. Two brothers grew up on a farm there. One brother took to education like a duck to water. He graduated from Georgia Tech and became a renowned engineer in Chicago. The other brother was content to stay home and farm. Some years later the learned brother was invited to give a speech in Atlanta at the Peachtree Plaza Hotel. He had not seen his brother in a long while so he invited him to bring his family to the hotel and spend a little time ...

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